It means one microprocessor masquerading as two.
Core 2 duo is dual core. And before that was core duo which was dual core too...
There are Celeron dual core processors today. However, just because you have Celeron processor, it does not mean your Celeron processor is a dual core processor. The easiest way to tell is to look at the Intel sticker on your computer. If it says "Dual Core," then it is dual core. If it does NOT say "Dual Core," then it is not dual core.
difference between dual core and core i3
sempron is not a dual core processor.
Dual core represents two processors in a single system.Speed will be more in dual core systems.
quad core has 4 cores a dual core has 2 cores
Dual core. Since it is dual core, it can do 2 processes at once, making it similar to a 4GHz single core
Pentium Dual-Core was created in 2006.
dual core
Dual core 2 is the 2nd version of the dual core processor and quad core is obviously 4 cores in a processor.
´Dual core' just means that there are 2 separate cores in the CPU. Intel has made dual core pentuim 4, core duo and core 2 duo CPUs. ´Core 2 Duo´ is just one type of dual core CPU that Intel has made.
A generic "dual core" processor is any processor which has two separate processors on a single chip. This should not be confused with the Pentium Dual-Core, which was a brand of dual core processors which used the Pentium architecture on each core. The Core 2 Duo is also a specific processor from Intel. The Core 2 is a brand of microprocessors based on the Core architecture. The Core 2 Duo specifically refers to a dual core version of the Core 2 brand.